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Our auditor wrote us up for our internal auditors not being trained to Core Tools. We did have our system structured in such a way that the evidence for competency was (1) a training record / certificate, (2) completion of an external course (i.e., AIAG, etc.) or (3) an assessment based on the internal auditor's past performance and made by their supervisor documenting their competency of the Core Tool. It was implied by the 3rd party auditor that the completion of a detailed exam on each of the Core Tools (APQP, MSA, SPC, etc.) by each internal auditor is what we need to implement to demonstrate that our auditors are trained and competent in the Automotive Core Tools. It was stated that the internal auditors should be the experts for these tools. Do you agree? Does anyone have any tests / assessments they have used? We are struggling with this one as many of the auditors have a quality background, have worked with each of these core tools, and are felt to be competent by their supervisors based on past performance.